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Better, not bitter : living on purpose in the pursuit of racial justice / by Salaam, Yusef,1974-author.;
"They didn't know who they had. So begins Yusef Salaam telling his story. No one's life is the sum of the worst things that happened to them, and during Yusef Salaam's seven years of wrongful incarceration as one of the Central Park Five, he grew from child to man, and gained a spiritual perspective on life. Yusef learned that we're all "born on purpose, with a purpose." Despite having confronted the racist heart of America while being "run over by the spiked wheels of injustice," Yusef channeled his energy and pain into something positive, not just for himself but for other marginalized people and communities. Better Not Bitter is the first time that one of the now Exonerated Five is telling his individual story, in his own words. Yusef writes his narrative: growing up Black in central Harlem in the '80s, being raised by a strong, fierce mother and grandmother, his years of incarceration, his reentry, and exoneration. Yusef connects these stories to lessons and principles he learned that gave him the power to survive through the worst of life's experiences. He inspires readers to accept their own path, to understand their own sense of purpose. With his intimate personal insights, Yusef unpacks the systems built and designed for profit and the oppression of Black and Brown people. He inspires readers to channel their fury into action, and through the spiritual, to turn that anger and trauma into a constructive force that lives alongside accountability and mobilizes change. This memoir is an inspiring story that grew out of one of the gravest miscarriages of justice, one that not only speaks to a moment in time or the rage-filled present, but reflects a 400-year history of a nation's inability to be held accountable for its sins. Yusef Salaam's message is vital for our times, a motivating resource for enacting change. Better, Not Bitter has the power to soothe, inspire and transform. It is a galvanizing call to action"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Salaam, Yusef, 1974-; Discrimination in criminal justice administration; False imprisonment; Judicial error; Prisoners;
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Delusion in death / by Robb, J. D.,1950-;
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.; Mystery fiction.; Dallas, Eve (Fictitious character); Police; Policewomen;
© c2012., G. P. Putnam's Sons,
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The Kitchen [videorecording] / by Berloff, Andrea,film director,screenwriter.; Bobb, Jeremy,actor.; Camp, Bill,actor.; Common(Musician),actor.; Dale, James Badge,actor.; Doyle, Ming,creator.; Gleeson, Domhnall,1983-actor.; Haddish, Tiffany,1979-actor.; James, Brian D'Arcy,actor.; Martindale, Margo,1951-actor.; Masters, Ollie,creator.; McCarthy, Melissa,1969-actor.; Moss, Elisabeth,1982-actor.; Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Elizabeth Moss, Melissa McCarthy, Domhnall Gleeson, Tiffany Haddish, Margo Martindale, Jeremy Bobb, James Badge Dale, Common, Bill Camp, Brian D'arcy James.Based on the Vertigo comic book series from DC Entertainment, the mobster husbands of three 1978 Hell's Kitchen housewives are sent to prison by the FBI. Left with little but an ax to grind, the ladies take the Irish mafia's matters into their own hands, proving surprisingly adept at everything from running the rackets to taking out the competition, literally.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for violence, language throughout and some sexual content.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 DVS.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Crime films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Gangsters; Mafiosi; Housewives; Husband and wife; Women and the mafia; Female friendship;
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Blood and the badge : the mafia, two killer cops, and a scandal that shocked the nation / by Cannell, Michael,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."For the first time in forty years, former New York Times editor Michael Cannell unearths the full story behind two ruthless New York cops who acted as double agents for the Mafia. No episode in NYPD history surpasses the depravities of Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa, two decorated detectives who covertly acted as mafia informants and paid assassins in the Scorsese world of 1980s Brooklyn. For more than ten years, Eppolito and Caracappa moonlighted as the mob's early warning alert system, leaking names of mobsters secretly cooperating with the government and crippling investigations by sharing details of surveillance, phone taps and impending arrests. The Lucchese boss called the two detectives his crystal ball: Whatever detectives knew, the mafia soon learned. Most grievously, Eppolito and Caracappa earned bonuses by staging eight mob hits, pulling the trigger themselves at least once. Incredibly, when evidence of their wrongdoing arose in 1994, FBI officials failed to muster an indictment. The allegations lay dormant for a decade and were only revisited due to relentless follow up by Tommy Dades, a cop determined to break the cold case before his retirement. Eppolito and Caracappa were finally tried and then sentenced to life in prison in 2009, nearly thirty years after their crimes took place. Cannell's Blood and the Badge is based on entirely new research and never-before-released interviews with mobsters themselves, including Sammy "the Bull" Gravano. Eppolito and Caracappa's story is more relevant than ever as police conduct comes under ever-increasing scrutiny"--
Subjects: True crime stories.; Corruption investigation; Mafia; Organized crime; Police corruption; Police internal investigation; Police misconduct;
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What we do in the shadows. [videorecording] / by Waititi, Taika,television producer.; Clement, Jemaine,television producer,creator.; Novak, Kayvan,1978-actor.; Berry, Matt,1974-actor.; Demetriou, Natasia,actor.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.,distributor.;
Kayvan Novak, Matt Berry, Natasia Demetriou.A look into the daily (or rather, nightly) lives of three vampires, who've lived together for over 100 years, on Staten Island.14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Television comedies.; Television programs.; Vampire television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Vampires; Friendship; Roommates;
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What we do in the shadows. [videorecording] / by Waititi, Taika,television producer.; Clement, Jemaine,television producer,creator.; Novak, Kayvan,1978-actor.; Berry, Matt,1974-actor.; Demetriou, Natasia,actor.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.,distributor.;
Kayvan Novak, Matt Berry, Natasia Demetriou.What We Do in the Shadows, based on the feature film by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi, returns for its second season, documenting the nightly exploits of vampire roommates Nandor (Kayvan Novak), Nadja (Natasia Demetriou), Laszlo (Matt Berry), and Colin Robinson (Mark Proksch) as they navigate the modern world of Staten Island with the help of their human familiar, Guillermo (Harvey Guillén). Over the course of the season, the vampires will try to find their way in a world of human Super Bowl parties, internet trolls, an energy vampire who gets a promotion and becomes drunk on power and of course, all the ghosts, witches, necromancers, zombies and shadowy cloaked assassins who roam freely in the Tri-State area. Is Guillermo destined to be a vampire or a vampire hunter? Or maybe just a familiar for the rest of his life?14A.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Television comedies.; Television programs.; Vampire television programs.; Vampires; Friendship; Roommates;
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Battle for Brooklyn : Fighting to save a New York community. by Beilinson, David,film director.; Galinsky, MIchael,film director.; Hawley, Suki,film director.; Ratner, Bruce,contributor.; Goldstein, Daniel,contributor.; Rumur Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Rumur Films in 2011.This New York Times Critics' Pick follows the story of reluctant activist Daniel Goldstein as he struggles to save his home and community from being demolished to make way for a professional basketball arena and the densest real estate development in U.S. history. Along the way, he falls in love, gets married and starts a family while living in a vacated building located at the heart of the project site.Over the course of seven years, Daniel spearheads the movement against the development plan as he and the community fight tenaciously in the courts, the streets, and the media to stop the abuse of eminent domain and reveal the corruption at the heart of the plan.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary.; Land Use; City Planning.;
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New Year's Eve [videorecording] / by Ludacris(Rapper),actor.; Berry, Halle,actor.; Biel, Jessica,1982-actor.; Bon Jovi, Jon,actor.; Breslin, Abigail,1996-actor.; De Niro, Robert,actor.; Heigl, Katherine,actor.; Kutcher, Ashton,1978-actor.; Parker, Sarah Jessica,actor.; Swank, Hilary,actor.; New Line Productions, Inc,production company.; Warner Home Video (Firm),film distributor.;
Music by John Debney ; cinematography, Charles Minsky ; edited by Michael Tronick.Sarah Jessica Parker, Katherine Heigl, Halle Berry, Jessica Biel, Jon Bon Jovi, Abigail Breslin, Robert De Niro, Ludacris, Hilary Swank, Ashton Kutcher.A stellar ensemble cast celebrates love, hope, forgiveness, second chances, and fresh starts in intertwining stories told amidst the pulse and promise of New York City on the most dazzling night of the year.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Feature films.; Romantic comedy films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Friendship; Interpersonal relations; Love; Man-woman relationships; New Year;
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Perfect fit / by Phillips, Carly.;
Subjects: Love stories.; Serendipity (N.Y. : Imaginary place); Police;
© c2013., Berkley,
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A change of fortune / by Turano, Jen.;
Subjects: Christian fiction.; Historical fiction.; Religious fiction.; Large type books.; Man-woman relationships; Socialites;
© 2013., Thorndike Press,
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